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UTEMPTER(8) Linux System Administrator's Manual UTEMPTER(8)

NAME

utempter - privileged helper program for utmp/wtmp updates

SYNOPSIS

utempter add host

utempter del

DESCRIPTION

utempter is a privileged helper program that writes utmp/wtmp entries for unprivileged programs.

OPTIONS

The following options are supported:

add an entry to the utmp/wtmp file
delete an entry from the utmp file

RETURN VALUE

On success, 0 is returned. On error, 1 is returned.

SEE ALSO

utmp(5), utmpname(3)

2003-03-21